1. By: Chieri Uegaki Genre: Realistic Fiction Skill: Compare/Contrast
Suki’s Kimono
By: Chieri Uegaki
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Skill: Compare/Contrast

2. Words to Know rhythm festival cotton pale snug paces graceful
handkerchief

3. More Words to Know
approve
ignored
straightening

4. cotton
cloth made from soft, white fibers that grow in branches on the cotton plant

5. festival
a program of entertainment often held annually

6. graceful
beautiful in form or movement

7. handkerchief
a soft, usually square piece of cloth used for wiping your nose, face, or hands

8. paces
steps

9. pale
not bright, dim

10. rhythm
the natural strong beat that some music or poetry has

11. snug
Fitting your body closely

12. The jacket was snug around the waist.

13. The jacket was snug
around the waist.

14. The dancer was
graceful as she danced across the stage.

15. The dancer was
graceful as she danced across the stage.

16. She washed her cotton shirt.

17. She washed her
cotton shirt.

18. The crowd clapped along with the rhythm of the music.

19. The crowd clapped
along with the
rhythm of the music.

20. The boy’s face was pale because he did not feel well.

21. The boy’s face was
pale because he
did not feel well.

22. The fall festival is held in October.

23. The fall festival is
held in October.

24. The girl used a handkerchief for her cold.
The fall

25. The girl used a handkerchief for her cold.

26. The soldiers marched 100 paces.

27. The soldiers marched 100 paces.

28. Did Suki’s grandmother take her to a festival or a playground?
Is Suki’s kimono made of cotton or silk?
Do you hold a handkerchief in your hand or in your mouth?
Do dancers move with rhythm or rhyme?
Are Suki’s dance movements graceful or clumsy?
Did Suki and her grandmother go to a festival or a store?
Vocabulary Comprehension Did Suki’s grandmother take her to a festival or a playground? Is Suki’s kimono made of cotton or silk? Do you hold a handkerchief in your hand or in your mouth? Do dancers move with rhythm or rhyme? Are Suki’s dance movements graceful or clumsy? Did Suki and her grandmother go to a festival or a store?

29. GREAT JOB!